Evergreen Sotol from arid, winter-cold regions in southern North America southwards to Mexico. They are Yucca or Agave-like shrubs with stiff leaves. Most species form dense, globular rosettes of blackish-green to bluish-green leaves with strongly teethed margins. Several species are winter hardy in Central Europe in a protected position in full sun in the rock garden. Alternatively they can be grown under frostfree conditions in large pots or containers. Grow in any rocky soil.
Sow flat in any soil in full sun at a minimum of some 20°C. Transplant to the open garden after two years. Seedlings need extra protection from moisture in winter. Very easy and robust solitary plants for a sunny spot in the rock garden. Very long lived.
All are USDA Climate Zone 7, unless stated differently.
20 seeds per package.
Dasylirion (Sotol or Desert Spoon)
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Dasylirion acrotriche (Green Desert Spoon)
170 (300)cm, Green Desert Spoon Dasylirion. A very large, showy and agave-like species with an erect, broad trunk, which becomes quite tall with age, and pale green, very narrow, lanceolate, toothed leaves. A very rare and hard-to-obtain species, fully hardy for a sunny spot in a well drained, stony soil. VIII-X.
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| seed package 2040 | € 4,99 | ||
Dasylirion berlandieri var. berlandieri (Zaragosa Blue Twister)
150 (200)cm, Zaragosa Blue Twister is an almost stemless species from high elevation in North-Eastern Mexico. It makes a losely arranged basal rosette of upright hold narrow, bluish-green leaves. Requires a good protection from excessive moisture in winter. Plant in any rich, very well drained soil in a protected spot in the garden in full sun. Better grown as a pot plant in colder regions. Keep plants frostfree and drier in full at a minimum of some 5°C in winter. USDA Climate Zone 8/9. VII-IX.
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| seed package8071 | € 4,79* | ||
Dasylirion cedrosanum
100 (220)cm, elegant Dasylirion from Durango Province, Mexico. Has decorative, glaucous green, narrow leaves in a dense rosette on a broad trunk. As Dasylirion arcotricha, Dasylirion cedrosanum is very hard to obtain. A fully hardy species for a sunny spot in a well drained soil. VIII-X.
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| seed package 2406 | € 4,99* | ||
Dasylirion glaucophyllum (Blue Hidalgo Sotol)
200cm, Blue Hidalgo Sotol is a short-stemmed, utmost beautiful Sotol species from Hidalgo in Mexico with most ornamental bluish-green leaves with short thorns on leaves' margins. Requires a good protection from excessive moisture in winter. Plant in any rich, very well drained soil in a protected spot in the garden in full sun. Alternatively grow as a pot plant in colder regions and keep plants frostfree and drier in full at a minimum of some 5°C in winter. USDA Climate Zone 7/8. VIII-X.
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| seed package 8022 | € 5,99* | ||
Dasylirion longissima (Toothless Sotol)
100cm ø, Toothless Sotol makes thousands of narrow, grass like leaves forming a perfect bowl on a very short stem. Unlike other Dasylirion, this species has smooth, teeth less edges. Needs some extra protection from excessive moisture in winter. Plant in a very well drained, stony soil in a protected spot in full sun. USDA Climate Zone 8. VIII-X.
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| seed package 2408 | € 4,99 | ||
Dasylirion lucidum
200 (350)cm, is a short to tall stemmed, branching Sotol species from Central Mexico and makes showy dense terminal rosettes of long, mid green leaves. Requires an excellent protection from excessive moisture in winter. Plant in any rich, very well drained soil in a protected spot in the garden in full sun. Better grown as a pot plant in colder regions. Keep plants frostfree and drier in full at a minimum of some 5°C in winter. USDA Climate Zone 8/9. VII-IX.
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| seed package 8020 | € 4,99* | ||
Dasylirion miquihuaensis (Miquihuana Sotol)
150 (250)cm, Miquihuana Sotol is an utmost ornamental species with a very dense ball-like rosette of numerous narrow leaves with fine teeth on their margins and a stout stem in older plants. It is native in a small area around the village of Miquihuana in the federal state of Tamaulipas in Mexico. It requires a very good protection from excessive moisture in winter. Plant in any rich, very well drained soil in a protected spot in the garden in full sun. Alternatively grow as a pot plant in colder regions and keep plants frostfree and drier in full at a minimum of some 5°C in winter. USDA Climate Zone 8. VIII-IX.
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| seed package 8019 | € 4,99* | ||
Dasylirion quadrangulatum (Mexican Grass Tree)
200 (350)cm, Mexican Grass Tree is similar in appearance as Australian grass trees (Xanthorrhoa spp.), yet from a different plant family. It makes a stout stem topped by a dense crown of numerous grass-like leaves. An utmost showy species from Northern Mexico. Requires an excellent protection from excessive moisture in winter. Plant in any rich, very well drained soil in a protected spot in the garden in full sun. Better grown as a pot plant in colder regions. Keep plants frostfree and drier in full at a minimum of some 5°C in winter. USDA Climate Zone 8/9. VII-IX.
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| seed package8070 | € 4,99 | ||
Dasylirion texanum (Texas Sotol)
4 (7m, Texas Sotol is a fully winter hardy perennial from S Texas (USA) and N Mexico and makes a dense, stemless rosette of numerous, very long, narrow, grayish green, finely toothed leaves. Mature plants make a very tall inflorescence with densely arranged, small creamy white flowers. For any rich, very well drained, preferably stony soil in a protected spot in full sun. In winter keep plants absolutely dry and protect from winter wetness. VIII-X.
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| seed package 3685 | € 4,99* | ||
Dasylirion wheeleri var. durangense
200cm, a stemless to short-stemmed variety with ornamental slightly bluish-green leaves with thorny margins in a dense, ball-like rosette. It is native of Mexico (Durango, Chihuahua, Zacatecas, and Coahuila). Needs some a very good protection from excessive moisture in winter. Plant in any rich, very well drained soil in a protected spot in the garden in full sun. Alternatively grow as a pot plant in colder regions and keep plants frostfree and drier in full at a minimum of some 5°C in winter. USDA Climate Zone 8/9. VIII-X.
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| seed package 8021 | € 4,99* | ||
Dasylirion wheeleri var. wheeleri (Mexico Desert Spoon)
110cm ø, Mexico Desert Spoon has bluish-gray, spike-like leaves in dense rosette with a base spathulate opened. Plant in a very well drained, stony soil in a protected spot in full sun. USDA Climate Zone 8. VIII-X.
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| seed package 2039 | € 4,99 | ||
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